Railway-car.



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RAILWAY CAR.

. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 11, 1915. I 1,176,954. Patented Mar. 28,1916.

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V gn-uemfoz al'loznnfar CHARLES E. FULLER, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

RAILWAY-GAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed October 11, 1915. Serial No. 55,248.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inRailway-Cars, of which the following'is a specification.

This invention relates to railway cars and consists in a means applicable to all-steel cars for supporting temporary floors or stringers at various different heights above the main floor of the car.

Many manufacturers of automobiles and 6 similar machinery make a practice of shipping their product two-high in box cars. This necessitates temporary cross stringers to carry the upper tier and in cars of wooden construction these can readily be applied. I

It is the purpose of my invention to permit this practice with cars of steel construction without imposing any very close limitations upon the height or spacing of the stringers, which are necessarily subject to variation to suit the loading. To accomplish this result I make use of a number of pendant hanger bars which may be held either in an inoperative position beneath the roof of the car, or in an operative position vertically against the side walls of the car. In the latter position they are adapted to support at any chosen height,- longitudinal stringers-or sills upon which may be placed and secured in any desired spacing the loadsupporting cross sills.

Certain details of construction of the hanger bars to adapt them to the needs of this construction arealso features of my invention. p

I illustrate the. invention applied to an all-steel box car in the accompanying drawing, in which 2- Figure 1 is a transverse section of. a car body showing the hangers lowered, and the longitudinal stringers applied. The position of the transverse stringers is indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 2' is a similar view showing all stringers removed and the hangers swung up to inoperative position against the roof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view J of the hanger bar in lowered position, the

hinge-bearing and latch pocket being broken away to show the construction; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thelatching end of a hanger bar; and Figs. 5and 6 are per spective views of retaining loops for the hanger bars on opposite sides of the'-car, showing how these are offset to allow them to be carried by the same carline, and yet permit overlapping of the opposite hangers.

In the drawings 11 represents the floor of the car, 12 is the side framing, 13 the sheathing, and 14 the carlines. The roof sheathing and the p'urlins are omitted. Such ofthe car structure as is shown is .purely illustrative and subject to variation.

Fastened at suitable intervals to the side walls of the car near the top, and preferably at such points as to receive support from the framing of the car are hanger brackets 15, each carrying a hinge pintle bolt 16.

Mounted on each hanger bracket by means of elongated loops or eyes 17 are the hanger bars 18 each of which terminates in a T- head 19. One arm of the T-head carries a beveled latch-hook 20 to enter and latch in a pocket 21, the elongated loop, or eye 17 serving to permit the necessary vertical movement of the bar 18. The other arm of the T-head serves to support the longitudinal stringer 22 either directly, or as here shown, through an interposed filler block 23. Bolts 24 passing through chosen ones of a series of bolt holes 25 are the preferred means for attaching the stringers 22 and blocks 23.

' The longitudinal stringers 22 serve to support cross stringers or any other suitable structure which may, if desired, be nailed directly to them.

After removing the stringers 22 the bars 18 may be unlatched from the pockets 21 and swung up across the roof of the car where theyv are retained by loops 26 hinged to bracket plates 27 The plates 27 are carried by the carlines 14: Where possible and the loops 26 for the opposite bars 18 of each pair are oflset sufliciently to permit the overlapping of the bars. The brackets 15 at opposite. sides of the car may be offset or staggered or Where this is not desirable the hinge joints may be made loose enough or f soall directions when in use, and is completely out of the way when not in use.

The bars 18 may be made of any desired length practically up to the inside width of the car and may be provided if desired with any number of bolt holes through any desired range to permit the attachment of longitudinal stringers at corresponding heights.

Other variations will readily suggest themselves.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. Thev combination with a car body of a plurality of bars hingedly mounted within the same to swing between an inoperative position near the car roof, and an operative vertical position adjacent the sides of the 'car; holding means for retaining said bars in said inoperative position; fastening means for fixing them in operative position; and means for attaching a temporary structure to said bars.

2. The combination with a car body of a plurality of bars hingedly mounted within the same to swing between an inoperative position near the car roof, and an operative vertical position adjacent the sides of the car; holding means for retaining said bars in said inoperative position; fastening means for fixing them in operative position; and adjustable attaching means for attaching a temporary structure to said bars at different heights above the car floor.

3. The combinationwith a car body of a hanger attached thereto; asupporting bar provided with supporting means for a temporary. structure; a pin-and-slot hinge-connection between said hanger and bar; a keeper carried by said car body; a latching head carried by said supporting bar and engageable with said keeper by the vertical shifting of said bar on said pin-and-slot connection; and means for retaining said bar in inoperative position when not in use.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES E. FULLER. 

